Ben Braun
Ben Braun
Benjamin Abraham Braunis a men's college basketball coach. He is the former coach at Rice University, where he spent eight seasons. Previously, Braun spent 12 years with the California Golden Bears program and 11 years at Eastern Michigan University. He has won the most games of any coach in Eastern Michigan's history...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth25 November 1953
great offensive player wants
He doesn't quit, even on offensive rebounds. It's just great to see a player who wants to get better.
catching challenges factor floor great post runs shots skills
He's a great defender, he challenges shots and he runs the floor well. His post skills are catching up. He's been a real factor for us.
hard knowing leaves playing pride worked
He can take a lot of pride knowing he is playing for a championship now as he leaves Cal. He has worked so hard over the years.
knee survived
He'll be fine. He survived two knee operations, so he'll be alright. He really put us on his back tonight. He's a real warrior.
beat beaten chris felt including people players respect stanford tie
If Stanford was going to beat us or tie us, Chris Hernandez wasn't going to do it. That's respect for Chris. Our players felt we couldn't give him a look. He wasn't going to beat us. He's beaten too many people over the years, including us.
chance guys passing picked shooting skills work
He's had a chance to work on his shooting and his range. His passing skills have really picked up and he's making the guys around him better.
full good momentum playing strength tournament
I feel good about our chances. We're playing well. It's important to go into the tournament at full strength and with some momentum.
formula good ncaa wins
I feel good about our chances. I also feel good that in our league, 17 wins has been a formula (for the NCAA tournament).
figure
I can't figure out all of that. Too complicated for me.
best chance coach dream entertain figure gives grab victory win
I can't figure all that out; it's too complicated for me. To entertain mathematical possibilities, that complicates our job. We just want to play our best and grab a victory or two. That gives us a chance to grab a championship. That's the dream of every coach and player, to have the chance to win a championship.
absence hole last plus
Getting Leon back is a big plus for us. His absence put us in a hole last year.
finished full game
We finished the game strong. We showed what we can do at full strength.
guard
You have to guard everyone on the team.
attacked basket defensive grabbing half rebounds second turned usc
We turned it around in the second half on the defensive end. USC attacked the basket and we had to make adjustments at halftime. Leon is grabbing a lot of rebounds and that helps.